Madeley and Sutton Hill ward candidates

Six candidates, three seats available.

Some candidates who belong to the same party chose to submit a combined manifesto.

Graham Hossell and Pauline Hossell, Conservative

Graham Phillip Hossell and Pauline Hossell, of the Conservative Party, are standing as candidate in this ward. They did not provide manifestos.

Janice Jones (incumbent), Paul Watling (incumbent) and Derek White, Labour

Janice Jones, Paul Watling and Derek White are proud to represent the place they call home and are committed to working hard for residents of Madeley and Sutton Hill.

Janice Jones has been active in the Sutton Hill community for many years and is currently chair of Sutton Hill Residents Association.

Paul Watling is currently a trustee of the Anstice Community Trust and proud to have led the campaign to keep our community centre and libraries open across Madeley and Sutton Hill and support the continued regeneration of Madeley High Street.

Derek has lived in the Sutton Hill area since leaving the army in 1972 and was proud to represent it for many years as a councillor. Derek is committed to campaigning to put bobbies back on the beat, having protected the local PCSO from being scrapped by the Tories.

Together they campaigned to get a 20mph zone around the Alexander Fleming School. As members of Madeley Town Council, your Labour team have worked hard to ensure the future of the Anstice Community Building and the Hub on the Hill at Sutton Hill.

Janice, Paul and Derek pledge to continue to work together to fight for local residents and always put them first.

Dave Wright (incumbent), Conservative

I am Dave Wright, born in Meriden, Warwickshire and I have been living in Telford since 1996. I was a solider for 35 years, resigning in 1999 to work with EDS/Capgemini on the HMRC account. Interested in local government politics since 2004, whilst all my family were Labour, and I sort of followed them, I started to find that most of my values were shared with the Conservatives.

I represented Madeley and Sutton from 2007 to 2011 then had a bad time with my health, having had a heart attack, but I was fighting fit again, retired from Capgemini in 2012 and found that I had more time for politics. Standing in 2015 and was grateful that the people of Madeley and Sutton Hill re-elected me.

It has been a busy four years and I have been active on the following committees: Shropshire Pensions, Audit, Scrutiny, Meeting Point House and Appeals, attended the majority of the Full Council meetings plus helping residents who asked for my help.

Being a councillor on the opposition benches is hard because you are always trying to ensure the administration is held to account and that decisions are in the interest of our residents. With your support I will keep on fighting for you the residents of Madeley and Sutton Hill.